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Marvel Announces Orson Scott Card & Aaron Johnson Formic Wars: Burning Earth Signing In Los Angeles!

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Brett

Official Press Release

Marvel Announces Orson Scott Card & Aaron Johnson FORMIC WARS: BURNING EARTH Signing In Los Angeles!

In anticipation of the biggest sci-fi release in decades, Marvel is proud to announce that legendary scribe Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston will be on hand at Barnes & Noble in Los Angeles to sign the hardcover release of Formic Wars: Burning Earth! Fans of Card’s magnum opus space epic – the Ender’s Saga – can’t miss this highly demanded prequel, detailing mankind’s fateful first clash with the bug-like alien race known as the Formics…and the battle that ultimately sets Ender Wiggin on his quest to quell a galaxies-wide genocide.

So mark your calendars for the chance of a lifetime this Thursday at 7PM (PST) at the Barnes & Noble in the Westside Pavilion located at 10850 West Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, California 90064.

For more on Orson Scott Card and Ender’s Game, please visit www.hatrack.com and www.marvel.com

For more on the signing at Barnes & Noble, please visit http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/author-events/Orson-Scott-Card/884909

FORMIC WARS: BURNING EARTH PREMIERE HC (JUN110743)
Written by ORSON SCOTT CARD & AARON JOHNSTON
Penciled by GIANCARLO CARACUZZO
Cover by BILLY TAN
Parental Advisory …$24.99
ON SALE NOW!

Marvel Announces New Date for Formic Wars ComicsPRO Launch Party

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Brett

Official Press Release

Marvel Announces New Date for FORMIC WARS ComicsPRO Launch Party

Marvel has announced a new date of February 16^th for parties at participating ComicsPRO (www.comicspro.org) retailers to celebrate the launch for the hotly-anticipated launch of Formic Wars: Burning Earth #1 (of 7), the biggest sci-fi launch in decades. Fans demanded it for decades and now sci-fi legend Orson Scott Card, along with writer Aaron Johnston, presents the stunning prequel to the Ender’s saga of novels. Teaming with ComicsPRO and the nation’s top retailers, Marvel is proud to offer exclusive limited edition prints for customers purchasing Formic Wars at participating stores.

“We’d like to thank retailers for their support of this unique partnership between Marvel and ComicsPRO, but unfortunately due to distribution concerns we’ve been forced to hold the line at February 16^th to launch this series,” said David Gabriel, Marvel’s SVP of Sales. “But to show ComicsPRO retailers that we’re sorry about the change, we have some very exciting exclusives that will be announced next week in Dallas.”

Additionally, Chapel Hill Comics in Chapel Hill, NC will hold the official Formic Wars signing event with special guests Orson Scott Card & Aaron Johnston! Please visit www.chapelhillcomics.com for more details.

Retailers, please check with ComicsPRO to learn about additional incentives for Formic Wars: Burning Earth #1.

The full list of participating stores is listed below:

UNITED STATES

Arizona

Fantasy Comics

www.fantasycomics2595.com

Samurai Comics

www.samuraicomics.com

California

Bat Comics

www.batcomics.com

Collector’s Paradise Comics & Cards

www.comicsandcards.net

Comickaze Comic Books and More

www.comickaze.com

Comix Experience

www.comixexperience.com

Crush Comics

www.crushcomics.com

Flying Colors Comics & Other Cool Stuff

www.flyingcolorscomics.com

Invincible Ink

www.myspace.com/InvincibileInk

Mission: Comics and Art

www.missioncomicsandart.com

Njoy Games & Comics

www.njoy.us

Colorado

Time Warp

www.time-warp.com

Connecticut

Buried Under Comics

Legends of Superheros

www.legendsofsuperheros.com

Delaware

Captain Blue Hen Comics

www.captainbluehen.com

Florida

Heroes Landing

www.heroeslanding.com

Tate’s Comics

www.tatescomics.com

Georgia

Bunjee’s Comics

www.bunjeescomics.com

Dr. No’s Comics & Games SuperStore

www.drnos.com

Quest Comic Shop

www.questcomicshop.com

Illinois

Castle Perilous Games & Books

Chicago Comics

www.chicagocomics.com

Fantasy Books

www.fantasybooksinc.com

Heroic Adventures

www.heroic-adventures.com

Indiana

Clem’s

DCBS

www.dcbs.com

Louisiana

BSI Comics

www.bsicomics.com

Massachusetts

Comicopia

www.comicopia.com

Friendly Neighborhood Comics

www.friendlycomics.com

Larry’s Comics

www.larryscomics.net

That’s Entertainment

www.thatse.com

Maryland

Alternate Worlds

Cosmic Comix & Toys

www.cosmiccomix.com

Third Eye Comics

www.thirdeyecomics.com

Maine

Casablanca Comics

www.casablancacomics.com

Michigan

Clem’s

www.clemslanding.com

Comic City

www.comiccity.com

Minnesota

Big Brain Comics

www.bigbraincomics.com

Mind’s Eye Comics

Source Comics & Games

Missouri

Southern Fried Comics

www.southernfriedcomics.com

Montana

Muse Comics

www.musecomics.com

Splash Page

www.splashpagemontana.com

Nebraska

Strange Adventures Bookshops

www.strangeadventures.com

North Carolina

Chapel Hill Comics

www.chapelhillcomics.com

Ssalefish Comics

www.ssalefish.com

New Hampshire

Double Midnight Comics

www.dmcomics.com

New Jersey

A Little Shop Of Comics

www.littleshopofcomics.com

Nevada

Alternate Reality Comics

www.alternaterealitycomics.net

Comic Oasis

www.comicoasis.com

New York

Main Street Comics

Midtown Comics

www.midtowncomics.com

Ohio

Alter Ego Comics

www.alteregocomics.com

Laughing Ogre

www.laughingogrecomics.com

Up Up & Away!

www.upupandawaycomics.com

Oklahoma

Speeding Bullet Comics

Oregon

Bridge City Comics

www.bridgecitycomics.com

Pennsylvania

Phantom of the Attic

Pittsburgh Comics

www.pittsburghcomics.com

Texas

Austin Books

www.austinbooks.com

Bedrock City Comic Co.

Dragon’s Lair Comics & Fantasy

www.dlair.net

Generation X

Lone Star Comics

www.lonestarcomics.com

Virginia

Laughing Ogre

www.laughingogrecomics.com

Washington

Zanadu Comics

www.zanaducomics.com

CANADA

Alberta

Another Dimension

www.another-dimension.com

Happy Harbor Comics vol. 1

www.happyharborcomics.com

Collector’s Edition

The Comic Book Store

British Columbia – Canada

Curious Comics

www.curious.bc.ca

Nova Scotia – Canada

Strange Adventures Bookshops

www.strangeadventures.com

For more on Orson Scott Card and Ender’s Game, please visit www.hatrack.com and www.marvel.com

FORMIC WARS: BURNING EARTH #1 (of 7) (DEC100532)

FORMIC WARS: BURNING EARTH #1 (of 7) HITCH WRAPAROUND VARIANT (DEC100533)

Written by ORSON SCOTT CARD & AARON JOHNSTON

Penciled by GIANCARLO CARACUZZO

Cover by SALVADOR LARROCA

Variant Cover by BRYAN HITCH

Parental Advisory …$3.99

On-Sale – 2/16/11

Marvel and ComicsPRO Team-Up For The Early Launch Of Orson Scott Card’s Formic Wars: Burning Earth!

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Brett

Official Press Release

Marvel and ComicsPRO Team-Up For The Early Launch Of Orson Scott Card’s FORMIC WARS: BURNING EARTH!

In anticipation for the biggest sci-fi release in decades, Marvel is proud to announce that Formic Wars: Burning Earth #1 (of 7) will be on sale February 15^th, at select ComicsPRO retailers! The long awaited and highly demanded prequel to sci-fi pioneer, Orson Scott Card’s, legendary Ender’s Saga is finally here and Marvel wants fans nationwide to celebrate a day early! Co-written by Card and Aaron Johnston with art by Giancarlo Caracuzzo, Formic Wars: Burning Earth is the untold tale of mankind’s fateful first clash with the bug-like alien race known as the Formics…and the battle that ultimately sets Ender Wiggin on his quest to quell a galaxies-wide genocide. Mark your calendars and be the first person on your block to get the dynamic first issue, a Formic Wars: Burning Earth limited-edition cover print featuring the variant artwork of superstar Bryan Hitch – only at participating ComicsPRO retailers. Fans will also have a chance to shop through some great sales and stock up on great Ender’s Game collections! And that’s not all! Both Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston will be on hand at Chapel Hill Comics in Chapel Hill, North Carolina for a fan signing!

“We’re thrilled at the opportunity to work with ComicsPRO, the largest organization of professional comic shop retailers in the world, to expand outside the super-hero genre and bring in new readers who have been waiting for this epic story to be told,” explains Senior Vice President of Sales, David Gabriel. “With these outstanding retailers and the popularity of the Ender’s Game brand, it’s a surefire hit!”

Stay tuned to Marvel.com for a complete list of retailers participating in this momentous occasion as the true origins behind the Hugo and Nebula-award winning saga that redefined science fiction are revealed! The story that Orson Scott Card fans have waited years to hear has finally arrived in Formic Wars: Burning Earth #1 (of 7), hitting select comics shops on February 15!

Plus, don’t miss the continued adventures of Ender in Orson Scott Card’s Speaker For The Dead #1 (of 5) — on sale January 26^th —or in the graphic fiction adaptations of Ender’s Game and Ender’s Shadow, now available in hardcover collections at comic shops and book stores nationwide!

For more on Orson Scott Card and Ender’s Game, please visit www.hatrack.com and www.marvel.com

For more on the signing at Chapel Hill Comics, please visit www.chapelhillcomics.com

FORMIC WARS: BURNING EARTH #1 (of 7) (DEC100532)

FORMIC WARS: BURNING EARTH #1 (of 7) HITCH WRAPAROUND VARIANT (DEC100533)

Written by ORSON SCOTT CARD & AARON JOHNSTON

Penciled by GIANCARLO CARACUZZO

Cover by SALVADOR LARROCA

Variant Cover by BRYAN HITCH

Parental Advisory …$3.99

FOC – 1/24/11, On-Sale – 2/15/11 (2/16/11 – nationwide)

Orson Scott Card’s Formic Wars: Burning Earth #1

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Brett

FORMIC WARS: BURNING EARTH #1 (of 7) (DEC100532)

FORMIC WARS: BURNING EARTH #1 (of 7) HITCH WRAPAROUND VARIANT (DEC100533)

Written by ORSON SCOTT CARD & AARON JOHNSTON

Penciled by GIANCARLO CARACUZZO

Cover by SALVADOR LARROCA

Variant Cover by BRYAN HITCH

The never-before-told prequel to Ender’s Game continues! An unidentified ship is rocketing toward Earth with tech far beyond anything we’ve ever seen…and the only people who can give warning are a small band of asteroid miners millions of miles from home. The clock is ticking, and it doesn’t look good for the human race. From New York Times bestselling author Orson Scott Card comes the tale of humanity’s first contact with the Formics…and the horrible toll it took on mankind.

Parental Advisory…$3.99

Marvel & Orson Scott Card Bring Formic Wars To Life!

Posted on October 29, 2010 by Brett

Official Press Release

Marvel & Orson Scott Card Bring FORMIC WARS To Life!

New York Times best-selling author Orson Scott Card revolutionized science-fiction with Ender’s Game and now returns to write the most requested sci-fi story in the world with Marvel Entertainment in February’s Formic Wars #1 (of 7). Selling millions of copies worldwide, Ender’s Game is one of the most popular science fiction epics of all time, with fans begging for Card to tell the origins of this universe! Now Orson Scott Card himself, teaming with co-writer Aaron Johnston and rising star artist Giancarlo Caracuzzo, returns to write the prequel in graphic fiction format. Long before Ender Wiggin fought the Third Formic War, humans battled the Formics on our own turf. Twice. Outgunned and unprepared, the human race stands on the brink of total annihilation.

“I’ve been so happy with Marvel’s comic-book adaptation of Ender’s Game, Ender’s Shadow, Ender in Exile and Speaker of the Dead that I wanted my long-imagined story of the Formic Wars to appear first in this wonderfully visualized form,” said Orson Scott Card, “With a whole new set of characters, putting together a ragtag fleet of improvised and adapted spacecraft to take on an alien invader, I think these are some of the best, most inspiring stories in the Ender’s Game future history, and through the work of Marvel’s great team of writers and artists, my tales are coming to life with a power and reality I never could have managed on my own.”
This action-packed prequel to Ender’s Game answers the questions fans have been asking while delivering a jaw-dropping story perfect for new readers.

“There are few writers as prolific and popular as Orson Scott Card,” said David Gabriel, SVP Sales & Circulation, Marvel Entertainment. “We’re extremely thrilled to bring Formic Wars to life for the first time in any medium and even more excited to have Orson Scott Card at the helm. If you’re a fan of the Ender’s books, or just a fan of classic sci-fi, you won’t want to miss this series.”
The most requested sci-fi action-thriller of the century is now here—you can’t afford to miss Formic Wars #1, hitting comic shops in February 2011.

Plus, don’t miss the graphic fiction adaptations of Ender’s Game and Ender’s Shadow, now available in hardcover collections at comic shops and book stores nationwide!

For more on Orson Scott Card and Ender’s Game, please visit www.hatrack.com and www.marvel.com

FORMIC WARS: BURNING EARTH #1 & #2 (of 7)

Written by ORSON SCOTT CARD & AARON JOHNSTON

Penciled by GIANCARLO CARACUZZO

Cover by SALVADOR LARROCA

Variant Cover by BRYAN HITCH

Rated A …$3.99 each

ON-SALE IN FEBRUARY